Vote Result

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Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt a conference report that appropriates $99.5 billion in total spending, $69.6 of which is discretionary for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development for fiscal year 2000.

Highlights:

$25.9 billion for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, including $11.4 billion for low-income housing programs and tenant safeguards and $4.8 billion for the Community Development Block Grant.

$20.9 billion in discretionary funding for veterans' programs, $19 billion of which is earmarked for medical care.

$13.7 billion for NASA programs.

$7.6 billion for the Environmental Protection Agency, including $1.9 billion for environmental programs and management, $1.4 billion for the Hazardous Substance Superfund, and $1.35 billion for Clean Water State Revolving Funds.

$3.9 billion for the National Science Foundation.

$3.4 billion for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, $2.5 billion of which is allocated for disaster relief efforts related to flooding in South Carolina.

Vote Result

Yea Votes

Nay Votes

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt a conference report that appropriates $99.5 billion in total spending, $69.6 of which is discretionary for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development for fiscal year 2000.

Highlights:

$25.9 billion for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, including $11.4 billion for low-income housing programs and tenant safeguards and $4.8 billion for the Community Development Block Grant.

$20.9 billion in discretionary funding for veterans' programs, $19 billion of which is earmarked for medical care.

$13.7 billion for NASA programs.

$7.6 billion for the Environmental Protection Agency, including $1.9 billion for environmental programs and management, $1.4 billion for the Hazardous Substance Superfund, and $1.35 billion for Clean Water State Revolving Funds.

$3.9 billion for the National Science Foundation.

$3.4 billion for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, $2.5 billion of which is allocated for disaster relief efforts related to flooding in South Carolina.